Philoctetes

By Sophocles

Book Id: WPLBN0002171583
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Reproduction Date: 11/5/2012

Title:	Philoctetes
Author:	Sophocles
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Language:	English
Subject:	Fiction, Fine Arts, Classics
Collections:	Authors Community, Plays
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Publisher:	A. S. Kline

Member Page:	Tony Kline
Citation APA MLA Chicago Sophocles, B. (n.d.). Philoctetes. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Description
Philoctetes is a play by Sophocles. The play was written during the Peloponnesian War. It was first performed at the Festival of Dionysus in 409 BC, where it won first prize. The story takes place during the Trojan War (after the majority of the events of the Iliad, and before the Trojan Horse). It describes the attempt by Neoptolemus and Odysseus to bring the disabled Philoctetes with them to Troy.